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Adjective: highfalutin  ,hI-fu'loo-t(u)n
Usage: informal
  1. Affectedly genteel; to carry an air of affected importance; to be snobbish and haughty
    "It might be a bit of an arty lifestyle, but it's not a highfalutin, fashionable life";
    - grandiose, hifalutin [informal], highfaluting [informal], hoity-toity [informal], la-di-da [informal], lah-di-dah [informal], la-de-da [informal]

See also: pretentious

Encyclopedia: Highfalutin

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higher criticism
higher education
higher law
Higher National Diploma
higher rank
higher status
higher up
higher-ranking
higher-up
highest common factor
highfalutin
highfaluting
high-fidelity
high-five
highflier
high-flown
highflyer
highflying
high-grade
high-handed
high-handedly